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Old timer told me to use pine tar on my framing nails and I laughed at him until it saved a whole deck
Guy named Pete on a job site in Vermont told me to dip my ring shank nails in pine tar before driving them into wet treated lumber. I thought he was pulling my leg, but I tried it on a deck we built last spring that was supposed to rot out in two years. That deck is still solid four years later, no popped heads no rust streaks. Anyone else got a weird trick from a graybeard that actually worked?
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scott.miles7d ago
Ever notice how the best fixes are usually the simplest ones that nobody bothers to try anymore? There's something to be said for trusting the guys who learned their trade before everything was about speed and cost.
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jessica_robinson237d ago
Man, that pine tar trick is wild. I remember an old welder told me once to rub a bar of soap on my threads before screwing into steel beams. Said it would stop them from snapping. Called me a city kid when I laughed. Tried it on a rusty beam the next week and those screws went in smooth as butter. What other weird old school stuff have you stumbled onto?
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